Match point

Chapter 873
At the beginning of the third set, Kyrgios was facing a lot of trouble. The control of the game was obviously getting out of his hands bit by bit, but the real key problem was still:

Kyrgios's prediction has a very serious problem.

What does that mean?

Once Gao Wen formed a continuous attack in the backhand position, Kyrgios couldn't hold the ball, and often missed some balls inexplicably, and his ability to hold the ball in rounds declined very quickly.

To put it simply, Kyrgios has no confidence in his backhand and is afraid of being beaten.

It is precisely because of this that Kyrgios frequently worried about his backhand, and his footsteps always subconsciously protect the backhand. At this time, Gao Wen started to attack the forehand, and Kyrgios often could not predict it. His entire forehand With his hands completely wide open, Gao Wen's shots were much easier.

Steal one, get one right, the success rate is horrifying.

Who would have thought that Kyrgios' forehand position would become a breakthrough point for Gao Wen, and he would be beaten into a sieve; of course, the backhand position was not much better.

The whole field is full of gaps, the whole field is full of loopholes, basically a completely open pocket.

The final situation is that Kyrgios has lost the basic ability to predict, and has no prediction of Gao Wen's shots. Hitting the ball is ready to blow up the tennis ball.

If some balls enter the zone smoothly, they are fairy balls.

But more balls, hitting the net, going out of bounds, flying, are all over the court.

The scene gradually widened the gap.

At the opening stage of the third set, Kyrgios was still persistent, barely biting, and even hit a fairy ball to save the break point, avoiding the fate of being broken just at the beginning, still continuing the hope of the game, and igniting the hope of the home fans again, cheers , cheering, shouting, continuous.

But the flame of hope didn't last long, and was completely extinguished by Gawain's series of violent attacks in a blink of an eye, and the scene even showed a one-sided situation:
A massacre.

"5:1".

After holding each other's first serve in the opening game, Gao Wen won four consecutive games in one go, and in a blink of an eye, he ushered in his own serve to win the game.

The game was coming to an end, and Kyrgios seemed to have finally come back to life for a short time. He took the lead in attacking Gao Wen's serve and scored two points in a row.

"0:30".

It can be seen that Gao Wen was also a little bit tight. The middle part of the third set was really smooth, so that the tempo of serving to win the game increased. On the contrary, Gao Wen himself could not keep up, and the depth of his forehand was not enough. In order to guarantee, Kyrgios broke the balance with a violent blow with his hand raised.

But at the critical moment, Gao Wen still showed his big heart, stood firm, scored three consecutive points, took the lead again, and won the first match point.

"40:30".

Match point, appeared.

"Come on! Nick!"

"Nick! Go!"

The heart of the entire Melbourne Park was stuck in the throat, and everything was so silent that the shouts in the Margaret Court Stadium were like thunder on the ground, bursting suddenly, and the air was so tense that it was almost stagnant. Layer upon layer of ripples, a wave of restlessness surged through the crowd.

The determined and affectionate home fans still refuse to give up, still refuse to surrender——

Kyrgios, there's still a chance.

Especially when Gao Wen went out of bounds, the audience burst into unbelievable cheers, as if they were celebrating Kyrgios' winning point.

The air is burning.

Second serve.

Beep, Margaret Court Stadium echoed with the sound of the net wipe alarm, and then you can see Gao Wen's serve almost missed the bottom line of the serve and flew out.

"Oh."

The home audience collectively covered their faces——

Just a little bit, just a little bit, the second serve is going to wipe the net and go out of bounds.

According to the rules of the tennis game, no matter how many times the net is wiped and the net is replayed, it is the same; but if the net is wiped out of bounds, then it is out of bounds.

In such a tense moment, a second serve wiped the net is enough to stop the hearts of the home audience.

On the contrary, the two players on the court seemed very calm and were not affected at all. With a little adjustment, they were ready to continue the game.

Second District.

In the first serve, Gao Wen tried the outer corner, but it was a bit longer and went out of bounds; in the second serve, Gao Wen tried to press the backhand from close to the body, but it was still in the outer corner, but the adjusted shot turned out to be a little bit hard and wiped the net.

Then, with another second shot, will Gao Wen continue to take the outside corner?
It wasn't just Kyrgios who was guessing, but the audience was guessing too.

Kick off!Throw the ball!
The tennis ball was thrown lightly.

Time stood still for a second, and then the magic was lifted, and everything entered a fast-forward state, and the tennis ball, which focused the eyes of the audience, rushed towards Kyrgios' close position.

Close serve.

Unbiased, it is a pure close-body squeeze serve, if you have to judge, the landing point is slightly on the forehand.

Kyrgios obviously failed to judge accurately, his footsteps were about to move towards his forehand position, and he immediately realized that this was a trap——

Whether he bet on forehand or backhand, if he moves ahead of time, his swing will be squeezed.

In a hurry, Kyrgios slapped back with his forehand awkwardly, and the strength of his forearm was released instantly.

Under extreme difficulty, Kyrgios still hit a backslash and fell into bounds.

Gao Wen's serve and attack transition was very fast, he had already entered the bottom line with one step up, and the backhand with both hands was raised high——

straight line?Or a slash?
Kyrgios didn't hesitate, and following his own movement inertia, his body had already moved laterally to his right, cutting into the space in the right half.

Forehand.

Kyrgios guessed, not only because of Gowain's forehand drive in the third set, but also because of the cue from Gowain's serve.

Gao Wen should realize that the backhand line of continuous attack has been seen through, so he is ready to break through from the forehand.

Kyrgios believes so.

However, Gao Wen paused slightly when he hit the ball.

It is to deliberately pause at the moment before the shot, miss the intended hitting point, delay the shot, and disrupt the opponent's early prediction.

meal.

Immediately afterwards, the batting movement was swaying like a cloud and flowing water, like a surprise.

Pedal, swing, hit the ball.

Slash!

Across the audience.

Kyrgios goes to the right, the tennis ball goes to the left, one goes to the right, the other goes to the left, like two points that will never meet—

No, if they go around the earth, they can meet each other eventually, but unfortunately, in the tennis match, there is not enough time for their fateful reunion.

Land, bounce.

Score!

Full game, over.

Kyrgios was still running, with a gesture of looking back at the moon, watching the tennis ball flying, gradually drifting away, out of reach.

How can it be?

It turned out to be a backhand!

The entire backhand field has been completely penetrated, like a hornet's nest, from the first point to the last point, from the beginning to the end.

He felt like a fool.

A kind of shame, a kind of anger, a kind of aggrieved, it was about to burst in the chest, but it just couldn't explode.

That feeling is really uncomfortable.

Then, while running wildly, Kyrgios saw Gawain on the opposite side of the field, and patted the non-existent dust on the hem of his clothes again.

Freehand.

(End of this chapter)